Alleged drink-driving senior NSW detective pleads not guilty over NorthConnex crash

Officer, who cannot be identified, was charged in November with driving under the influence and high-range drink driving

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A senior New South Wales police officer charged with allegedly crashing a work car in Sydney’s NorthConnex tunnel after getting drunk at a work function earlier this year has pleaded not guilty.

The high-ranking detective, whose identity is being kept secret under a court order, was charged in November with driving under influence of alcohol and high-range drink-driving, nearly six months after the May incident.

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